Cuff-holder or necktie-supporter



(No Model.)

W. H. VOSS.

CUFF HOLDER 0R NEOKTIE SUPPORTER. No. 344,226. Patented June 22, 1886.

VWITNESSES ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM H. VOSS, OF EAST STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUFF-HOLDER OR NECKTlE- SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,226, dated June 22, 1886.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM H. Voss, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Stroudsburg, in the county of Monroe and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Cuff-Holders, Necktie-Supporters, &c.; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a side view, a part being broken away to show the Spring.

My invention relates to necktie-supporters and cuff-holders; and it consists in the c0nstruction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to hold the necktie of the wearer properly in place and prevent it from slipping or riding up where a standing collar is worn.

A further object is to use the device as a cuff-holder by simply turning or bending the point O of the securing-pin A up to form a hook, G.

A designates the body of the device, which comprises the two sides A A which are hinged together at D, and are curved or bent toward each other at their ends E.

F designates a coiled-wire spring, the normal tendency of which is to expand and hold the jaws of the device normally c1osedthat is, so nearly closed as to leave only an opening at a, which may be enlarged by compressing the opposite ends of these levers. Theopening or mouth a goes astride of the collar or cuff, as the case may be. At the point B of the pin B is a hook, which will not permit the necktie to slide up.

To change from a neck tie-supporter to a cuffholder, it is only necessary to turn the point 0 up into a hook, place the device on the cuff, the edge of the cuff pressing between the jaws of the device, and put the cuff on. The point B will catch in the lining of the coatsleeve, and will not allow the device to go farther down than where it has been placed, while the point C will catch in the lining of the sleeve and will not allow the cuff to come down over the hand.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a combined cuff-holder and necktiesupportcr, the combination, with the jaws hinged together intermediate of their ends and provided with the spiral spring between them. ofthe pin B, with the bent point B and straight point C, substantially as specified.

2. In a combined cuff-holder and necktie supporter, the combination, with the jaws hinged together intermediate of their ends and provided with the spiral spring between them, of the pin B, with the bent points or hooks at both ends thereof, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix signature in presence of two witnesses.

YVILLIAM H. VOSS.

\Vitnesses:

STEWART S. SHAFER, NATHAN IIERNY. 

